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aquamarine gemstones Aquamarine is my go-to gemstone. It's perfect for every day wear, seems to look beautiful on most people and always produces a calming affect on me. Named for that ever changing blue color of the ocean, aquamarine is the modern birthstone for March and anyone who feels ...

Gail Crosman Moore When you arrive at Gail Crosman Moore's web site you are greeted with this glorious explosion of color and texture -- just like spring garden! Of all the artists working out there in mixed media, I think Gail Crosman Moore's work in fiber and glass expresses most closely ...

Rabbit Run , Beth Hemmila ( Hint Jewelry Design ): silver bunny rabbit charm One of the unconscious business savvy things I was doing from the start of Hint Jewelry Design was developing a signature style for my silver charms . Being an artist, I am naturally compulsive and repetitive. ...

New Life , Beth Hemmila ( Hint Jewelry Design ): silver baby tulip charm (miscarriage) Everyone is welcome at the table. Everyone is invited. We greet birth and death. We nod our heads to what is barren and what comes to fruition. We say a prayer for the stirring and for the innocent ...

green poppy jasper, Dakota Stones I don't purchase a whole lot of large semi-precious stones anymore, because unfortunately I've got so many sitting around my bead stash that is seems like a waste. Nevertheless, when I visited Dakota Stones booth at The Best Bead Show in Tucson , I had a ...

Memory Necklace 2010 , Beth Hemmila ( Hint Jewelry Design ): aquamarine, carnelian, turquoise, lemon quartz, peridot, sterling silver chain and wire, gold filled wire, and silver charms ( lotus blossom and cross ) I worked on my Memory Necklace for the month of February last weekend. She's ...

Tree of Life charm, Beth Hemmila ( Hint Jewelry Design ): turquoise, carnelian, sterling wire, silver tree of life charm The other day while visiting Christine Damm's blog Stories They Tell , I saw this posting about donating a charm for a healing bracelet to honor her sister-in-law Vila ...

Milagro Cross, Beth Hemmila ( Hint Jewelry Design ): sterling silver wire, garnet, silver cross pendant and acrylic painted polymer clay cross I have a yoga teacher that loves to motivate her class with a memorable quote from the movie Galaxy Quest : " Never give up. Never surrender. " Her ...

Dove of Peace Earrings, Beth Hemmila ( Hint Jewelry Design ): turquoise, sterling silver wire, and silver dove of peace charms I just added some new spring earrings to Hint Jewelry Design today. I've been thinking a lot about earrings lately. They are such wonderfully small and contained ...

Good Fortune , Beth Hemmila ( Hint Jewelry Design ): silver hand of Fatima charm or Jewish hand of Miriam charm This palm-shaped amulet is popular in the Middle East and is called a hamsa (or khamsa ). It is believed to protect the wearer from the evil eye and is often referred to as the ...

Let your palm be the co-pilot this weekend! Blessings :)

Sometimes I want to do everything, but then it doesn't happen. Spring flowers are starting to pop up around Portland, and I have this incredible urge to connect with color. Often I find it hard to pull out my paints or colored pencils or devote a couple hours to stringing some glorious ...

Stringing Magazine, Spring 2010 Do you have difficulty receiving help? Asking for help is probably one of my biggest stumbling blocks to really connecting with my greatest good. Oh, I'm not talking about asking your partner to put together the chair from Ikea that you know you can do but ...

Devotion , Beth Hemmila ( Hint Jewelry Design ): silver bee charms Do you nurture a dream? Tending a garden of hopes and fancies, reveling among flowers where devotion is a bee's humble knowing and your dream is honey, consciously manifesting in every moment. Inevitably, through love and ...

Flat Mesh Bracelet , Marilyn Gardiner : sterling silver chain mail bracelet kit If you've ever attempted fabricating chain mail jewelry , the first thing you realize is that purchasing the right supplies to fit the design is crucial. Save yourself some frustration of figuring out what kind ...

White Rabbit , Beth Hemmila ( Hint Jewelry Design ): Alice in Wonderland bunny charm necklace sterling silver, silk thread, pink tourmaline, iolite, tanzanite, and freshwater pearl Johnny Depp , Lewis Carroll , Tim Burton ...who wouldn't be intrigued by next month's movie premiere of  ...

I admit that when I looked at the paperwork for doing taxes by hand for Hint Jewelry Design , a part of me was running for the hills, but after going to the tax workshop at the Oregon College of Arts and Craft I had a revelation. The information I would need to provide an accountant, who I ...

Absolute Truth , Beth Hemmila ( Hint Jewelry Design ): silver swan sister charm Hiding within a fragile lotus blossom is Saraswati , Hindu goddess of wisdom, the divine swan maiden, and physical manifestation of Absolute Truth . When you are able to see the purity of your becoming in every ...

amethyst February's traditional birthstone is amethyst , but I'd love it to be mine too! After reading Victoria Finlay's Jewels: A Secret History , I've become somewhat more liberated in regards to adopting other gems as my own birthstones. Apparently, during the glorious year of 1912 in ...